My son has colic

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Colic is Dr lingo for "we don't know what's wrong".    Sometimes it is just crying for no apparent reason... but sometimes there's another cause.

Is baby bottlefed or breastfed?   He could be reacting to the formula, or something in your diet. 

Have you tried any slings or wraps? 

Quoting SewingMamaLele:

Colic is Dr lingo for "we don't know what's wrong".    Sometimes it is just crying for no apparent reason... but sometimes there's another cause.

Is baby bottlefed or breastfed?   He could be reacting to the formula, or something in your diet. 

Have you tried any slings or wraps? 

He is mostly breastfed but times where we give him formula. I give him gas drops when he has gas but times where I am not sure whats really bothering him. He is almost 2 months and I still can't figure it. I got to the point where it was stressing me out I called the dr. I was hoping to get gas meds from the dr but they said he has colic. She told me to swaddle him and sway back and forth. Sometimes that works and times it doesnt. 

look up the 5 s's method. Gripe water (make sure its the ones with alcohol) works wonders too.  

I hope you figure something out, and he gets relief :-(

My kids have never been unconsolable (((hugs)))

Quoting babygomez:

I hope you figure something out, and he gets relief :-(

My kids have never been unconsolable (((hugs)))

Me too. because on weekends when my husband has him. I dont want to be near him because I am so stressed out. No matter help I get I still get no sleep like right now. Its 336am :(. 

:-(

Do you put him in a swing at all? That swaying may be helpful.

Quoting ElizabethB83:

Quoting babygomez:

I hope you figure something out, and he gets relief :-(



My kids have never been unconsolable (((hugs)))

Me too. because on weekends when my husband has him. I dont want to be near him because I am so stressed out. No matter help I get I still get no sleep like right now. Its 336am :(. 

Yeah we do. At first he liked it, not so much anymore. We have a hard time for him to sleep in his crib :( He is in his crib crying right now.

Quoting babygomez:

:-(

Do you put him in a swing at all? That swaying may be helpful.

Quoting ElizabethB83:

Quoting babygomez:

I hope you figure something out, and he gets relief :-(



My kids have never been unconsolable (((hugs)))

Me too. because on weekends when my husband has him. I dont want to be near him because I am so stressed out. No matter help I get I still get no sleep like right now. Its 336am :(. 

My Dr told me colic when my DD was 6wks old. I couldn't accept that as the solution. After 4 months and going to a few more Dre (including a pediatric gastroenterologist) we figured out she has reflux. It took so long for them to diagnose that she had burns on her esophagus that took about a week to heal. She's a totally different baby now that she's on reflux meds.
When he screams, does he get really tense & arch his back? Does he spit up a lot or get hiccups a lot? Does he get worse when laid on his back? Those could be signs of reflux...
Try keeping him upright for at least 30 minutes after feeding and burping often. Smaller amounts of food more often may help too. Also, whether 'colic' or not, don't over feed him. It will make his stomach hurt and
make the crying worse. Another thing you may want to check for, like a pp said, is allergies.
Sorry this is so long, but I've been going through the same thing for months and know how frustrating it can be, so I want to offer all the help I can. I know it's tough, hang in there mama! And you did the right thing by putting him somewhere safe and walking away when you got overwhelmed, babies can feel our tension. Good luck!

Quoting scoleman828:

My Dr told me colic when my DD was 6wks old. I couldn't accept that as the solution. After 4 months and going to a few more Dre (including a pediatric gastroenterologist) we figured out she has reflux. It took so long for them to diagnose that she had burns on her esophagus that took about a week to heal. She's a totally different baby now that she's on reflux meds.
When he screams, does he get really tense & arch his back? Does he spit up a lot or get hiccups a lot? Does he get worse when laid on his back? Those could be signs of reflux...
Try keeping him upright for at least 30 minutes after feeding and burping often. Smaller amounts of food more often may help too. Also, whether 'colic' or not, don't over feed him. It will make his stomach hurt and
make the crying worse. Another thing you may want to check for, like a pp said, is allergies.
Sorry this is so long, but I've been going through the same thing for months and know how frustrating it can be, so I want to offer all the help I can. I know it's tough, hang in there mama! And you did the right thing by putting him somewhere safe and walking away when you got overwhelmed, babies can feel our tension. Good luck!

To be honest I just dont know anymore. I dont under stand him. I dont know what he wants. I wish I can read his mind. When he screams he throws his hands up throwing it around. All I do is change his diaper, feed him. I try to bf him much as I can. When I dont have milk, I give him formula. I notice the formula bothers him thats why we try to stay away as much we can. I think he is being stuborn at times when it comes to breastfeed him. He use to have the hiccups alot, now not so much now. He gets more hiccups when having formula. He spit up with formula alot, the only time he spits up breastmilk is when he is full I guess. I can't tell if he hungry or full. Some people tell me if he puts his fist in his mouth it means he is hungry. Others say no when babies put there fist in there mouths it means its soothing them. So I try to guess what he wants. I still dont understand him. He is still screaming in his crib. I know he is tired but he for some reason he cant go to sleep on his own. He has to have a bottle nipple in his mouth or boob nipple in his mouth to sleep.  I got to the point where I couldn't take it anymore I called my health clnic and spoke with advise nurse. She put me in appointment the next day. The dr told me try to sway back and forth with him and he may have gas. So to look futher more into it, I had to make appointment next week with another doctor who knows more in that field. She told me to stay away from dairy foods since I am bf. So I did. She told me he doesnt have gas he is a pist off baby. She told me to swaddle him and rock him back and forth. I have tried everything all the advice I got and nothing. I don't know what to do anymore at this point. This might sound mean but I am so fusterated that at times I wish I wasn't a mom. Times where I can't look at him anymore. This crying makes me not want to be around him. Its like who wants to be with negative person and thats how I feel towards him. I just dont know why he is so unhappy. I give him gas drops to just in case he has gas. I just can't tell at all what he wants. I can't tell the cries they seem same to me all the time. I know people say you can tell with there cries they have different cries. So far I don't notice anything. The one thing I have about bf is since I am a female and I have the boobs, I am the only one who can give it to him. So when it comes to my husband taking over and I go in to get my rest he wakes me up around 12am or sometime in the am. I am so tired he wakes me up because he is hungry and I get fusterated because it takes him forever to sleep and then I can't go back to sleep so eaither way I never get sleep anymore :( I just hope this gets better because if it doesn't I am going to explode lol.